Over at Hyperallergic, I have contributed a new article on the removal of books from the fine arts library at … More
Tag: libraries
Ancient And Medieval Censored Books To Read During Banned Book Week
This week (September 25-October 1, 2016) is banned books week. Over on the Forbes Blog, I discuss the import of celebrating the freedom to … More
It’s On the Sillybos: The Birth of the Book Title
Anyone who has ever written a book, article, course advertisement, blogpost, or conference paper knows the mental agony that accompanies the completion … More
Sacrificial Lambs: Livestock, Book Costs, and the Premodern Parchment Trade
Pliny the Elder remarks on a conflict that arose between King Eumenes of Pergamum and Ptolemy V, the Egyptian pharaoh, … More
History From Below 